There are curvy Asian girls… they are called import models…

Korea achieved industrialization and democratization in 40 years what it took all other western nations 400 years

I don’t quite follow your comparison. If you are going to look at it like this, you need to see what Korea was doing 400 years ago and why nothing happened until 400-40 years later.

I just wish people who criticize here would remember that before they go off

It would be a bit easier to remember if the Koreans had an ounce of humility about themselves.

It’s like wearing a shirt with a collar one inch too small or a bra a cup size too small. The fabric cuts into the skin and breathing is a chore.

And how do you know what that feels like? Maybe if you dated curvy white, black, or Hispanic women instead of ethnic Koreans, you wouldn’t have to worry about your girlfriend’s bra cup being too small for you.

I interpret it thusly. Many English speaking people are use to a certain culture, i.e. a western culture where society is more open and relaxed. Korean society is very different, a bit more structured and constrained. It’s like wearing a shirt with a collar one inch too small or a bra a cup size too small. The fabric cuts into the skin and breathing is a chore. So people use to a western (mostly North American) social culture need a place to vent… so on the 8th day God created The Marmot’s Hole, Scribblings of the Metropolitan, The Lost Nomad, and other blogs to give these people who feel constrained in Korea a place to vent their frustrations.

It does seem quite negative because they are mostly comparing Korea to western cultural conventions forgetting that even western countries (including the U.S.) had generations to evolve into the more freer and more open societies that they are today. For example, it probably wouldn’t have been a lot of fun being a Korean in say the deep South in the 60’s then it is today, right?

These people criticize a country that didn’t have a civil rights movement, a progressive movement or inherit a cultural legacy that had Greco-Roman democratic conventions, judeo-christian moral traditions, an Enlightenment, a Renaissance, etc.

Korea achieved industrialization and democratization in 40 years what it took all other western nations 400 years and yes, what we have today is a bit rough around the edges, particularly to western eyes. I just wish people who criticize here would remember that before they go off.

Regarding Korean dramas. What you are getting is a romanticized slice of what life is like in Korea and how the Korean people are. For example, would you look at shows like “Leave it to Beaver” and “Father Knows Best” or hell, even the “Brady Bunch” as an accurate slice of life in America in those time periods? They are at best an idealized view. Same with Korean dramas. So my advice is to take it with a grain of salt.

First of all… you give girls too much credit. It works. That’s why gyopos use it.

As for myself, I told them that pretty quickly so they could understand why my Korean had an accent with certain words and why I didn’t understand some of the more complex words.

If they somehow found me more “interesting” after I told them, hey it wasn’t intentional on my end!